Accountant (Staff)

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Office of Financial Management (OFM), Accounting Management Group (AMG), Division of Financial Reporting & Policy (DFRP).

As a Accountant (Staff), GS-0510-13, you will provide accounting expertise and comprehensive analysis in all matters involving fiscal and accounting operations.

ALL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

Your resume (limited to no more than 2 pages) must include detailed information as it relates to the responsibilities and specialized experience for this position.

Evidence of copying and pasting directly from the vacancy announcement without clearly documenting supplemental information to describe your experience will result in an ineligible rating.

This will prevent you from being considered further.

In order to qualify for this GS-13 position, you must clearly demonstrate in your resume at least one year (52 weeks) of qualifying specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal government, obtained in either the private or public sector, to include: Applying Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act requirements to support accounting, AND financial reporting, AND internal control activities; and Leading projects by developing written reports (e.g., issue papers, reporting guidance, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)); and Identifying technical accounting or systems-related issues (e.g., US Standard General Ledger (USSGL) usage, trading partner inconsistencies, or funds control errors) to recommend operational and process improvements; and Conducting Governmentwide Treasury Account Symbol Adjusted Trial Balance System (GTAS) reporting reviews to analyze results, AND identify deficiencies, AND present corrective recommendations.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Time-in-Grade: To be eligible, current or former Federal employees and current or former Federal employees applying under the VEOA eligibility who hold or have held a permanent General Schedule position in the previous year must have served at least 52 weeks (one year) at the next lower grade level from the position/grade level(s) to which they are applying.

Major Duties:

• Evaluation, processing, and validation of transactions related to appropriation funding payments, grant awards, receivables, and collections.
• Journal vouchers and various agency-related administrative activities.
• Perform continuing operational review to ensure the accuracy of fiscal processes and accounting activity, the completeness of accounting reports, and the general adherence to prescribed accounting principles, theories, and techniques.
• Perform reconciliations of financial and accounting activities that support the subsidiary ledger and general ledger balances, and corrects all differences.